Connect to Any Data
Prepare It with Confidence
Seamlessly connect to hundreds of data sources, then clean and structure your data for accurate, insight-ready analysis – all without complex coding
Before insights can happen, your data needs to be accessible, accurate, and structured. Tableau’s data connectivity and preparation capabilities remove the barriers between your raw data and meaningful analysis — no complex coding required. Whether you’re working with a live database, a cloud data warehouse, or a simple spreadsheet, Tableau connects seamlessly and gets your data ready to tell its story.
UNIVERSAL CONNECTIVITY
Tableau supports native connections to hundreds of data sources – from on-premise relational databases to cloud databases and big data platforms. The connection modes can be either Live or Extract. One platform, one connection point, any data.
• File- Based Data: Excel, Text files, JSON, Spatial Files.
• Cloud Applications & Databases: Google sheets, Salesforce, Google Analytics, SharePoint.
• Relational & Big Data: Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle
PREPARATION, BRING ALL DATA TOGETHER
Tableau makes it easy to bring multiple tables together into a single, unified view — directly within the data source editor, without writing a single line of SQL. Use joins to merge related tables by a common field, or use unions to stack tables with the same structure on top of each other, combining rows seamlessly.
• Inner, Left, Right & Full Outer joins supported
• Stack multiple tables with the same structure into a single unified dataset
• Cross-database joins across different sources
• Visual drag-and-drop interface — no SQL needed